Through seven vignettes, seven different filmmakers explore love and womanhood in France. In one segment, Bichette (Annie Sinigalia), an adolescent girl, has her fist kiss. Bichette discovers she loves kissing boys so much that she goes to a dance and kisses every boy there. In another, Nicole (Dany Robin), ignored by her husband (Paul Meurisse), has an affair with a younger man (Jean-Paul Belmondo). Her husband finds out, and plots a scheme against Nicole and her lover.

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(1961)

Synopsis

Through seven vignettes, seven different filmmakers explore love and womanhood in France. In one segment, Bichette (Annie Sinigalia), an adolescent girl, has her fist kiss. Bichette discovers she loves kissing boys so much that she goes to a dance and kisses every boy there. In another, Nicole (Dany Robin), ignored by her husband (Paul Meurisse), has an affair with a younger man (Jean-Paul Belmondo). Her husband finds out, and plots a scheme against Nicole and her lover.